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Sarah Pierce establishes first institution in America for higher education of women, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
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First National Woman's Rights Convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Women in Kansas are granted the vote in school board elections.
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Wyoming Territory grants women the vote in all elections.
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Kansas grants women municipal suffrage.
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600,000 signatures are presented to the New York State Constitutional Convention in an effort to bring a woman suffrage amendment to the voters. The campaign fails.
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Utah joins the Union, granting women full suffrage.
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The first suffrage parade is held in New York City, organized by the Women's Political Union.
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The first suffrage parade is held in New York City, organized by the Women's Political Union.
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The Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference is formed.
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The Territory of Alaska adopts woman suffrage. It is the first bill approved by the Governor.
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Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to Congress.
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President Wilson finally addresses the Senate personally, arguing for woman suffrage at the war's end.
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American Birth Control League is founded by Margaret Sanger.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is inaugurated as the first woman governor in the United States.
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Amelia Earhart makes the first transcontinental nonstop flight by a woman.
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Babe Didrikson pitches a full inning for the Philadelphia Athletics (vs. the Brooklyn Dodgers).
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Madeleine Albright is sworn in as the first female Secretary of State.